The Educational Retirement Board mistakenly sent $1.7 million worth of checks to some members but one member said they won't get her money back.

There's been plenty of outcry from board members, insistent that the 693 New Mexicans who were overpaid by the state's ERB, must pay that money back.

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But there's been only silence from those who still have that money in hand, until now. Target 7 recently obtained a list of hundreds of ERB members who, recently, were facing possible legal action for not paying the money back.

Target 7 called the woman who owes the most right now -- nearly $60,000. Former University of New Mexico professor Belva Campbell, known to friends as Bel, said she has absolutely no intention of paying the money back.

Campbell said she's since had a stroke, and is underwater on her home in rural Maryland. She said she double-checked with the ERB before she cashed out her retirement to help pay for dire home improvements and now that money is long-gone.

"I regret this happened," Campbell said. "But this is nothing I did. I did everything right, and New Mexico screwed up and they're not willing to take their lumps."

Target 7 also tried tracking down a southwest Albuquerque man who owes the second-most, and is being sued by the ERB for $27,000, but he wasn't home.

For some, it seems just the threat of litigation was enough to get them to start paying. After the ERB threatened litigation towards hundreds of members, enough people started paying that they're only now suing 33.

"If they want to put me on the street, that's their prerogative. They will lose money by doing so," Campbell said.

The ERB told Target 7 they have no court dates scheduled yet. They are working with some already to set up payment plans, and others haven't responded yet to the lawsuits.